pitting or barrel fouling.

[Herman1973]

Good day,

I shot my model 27 yesterday evening and today I wanted to give it a good cleaning. And than before I started I saw this, it looks like pitting to me but someone told me it could also be fouling but it is hard.

Can someone give me there opinion and if it is pitting what to do.
Leave it like this, cut the barrel down for one inch or ????

Brgds
Herman

 

[patrickd]

hard to tell from the picture. Never seen any fouling accumulate like that or that much from just a range session. That looks more like rust to me, but hard to tell with that pic.

 

[Pizza Bob]

Were you shooting jacketed bullets? Hard to tell from the picture, but it may be copper fouling.

 

[Herman1973]

that is indeed what I think also, got the gun cheap 100 euro about 110 dollar so that it is not a big los. But I was wondering what to do, and does it effect the accuracy of the revolver.

 

[Arik]

Well....if you clean it and it comes off it was fouling.

I bought a model 13 like that once. After 30 min all the fouling was gone

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[raisedin99]

I certainly wouldn't consider cutting the barrel, although it does look surface rust. Give it a good cleaning, I would think that you would not notice any accuracy issues.

terry

 

[Pisgah]

Certainly looks like rust, but it's hard to tell from a picture. As for whether or not it's a real problem, it just depends on how the revolver shoots. I would agree with everyone else -- spend some considerable time and effort in cleaning and see if any of it goes away.

 

[steamloco76]

Find some JB Bore paste and give the barrel multiple scrubbings with tight patches saturated with the JB then clean out the JB with CLP or gun oil. The JB works wonders on getting rid of everything but good solid steel.

 

[andyo5]

It looks like copper accumulation because of the color. If it is copper, try Sweet's bore cleaner and be sure to follow the directions. Warning: Sweets contains ammonia and may damage blueing (I'm not sure about that).

 

[Fishinfool]

Looks like fouling to me. Could be copper, but looks like lead. Try the JB bore paste noted above, or a brush wrapped with bronze wool. I'll bet it goes away with some elbow grease.

I would not even consider cutting the barrel unless serious, repeated attempts from the bench by multiple experienced shooters with a variety of loads finds the gun is incapable of decent accuracy.

Larry

 

[m1gunner]

Before the bore paste, try some Chore Boy, the 100% copper version. Use it wrapped (so it is a tight fit) on a smaller caliber bore mop or brush. Run some CLP down the barrel first, let sit a spell, then go after it with the chore boy. If fouling, it will come out in chunks, and do no damage to your barrel.

 

[m1gunner]

Also, I have several revolvers with pitted barrels, they still shoot better than I can hold them, and on par with far newer and nicer guns.

 

[cowboy4evr]

Please , don't cut the barrel . There are several ways to clean the barrel if it really needs it . I personally would go on shooting it , see how it looks and shoots after a few hundred rounds .
If it's just a " leaded " barrel it's easily cleaned . I would use a small piece of PURE copper scouring pad wrapped around a bore brush . I emphasize " PURE " copper as many are actually steel wool that's been just copper plated . PURE copper will not harm the rifling but will easily remove lead . Takes just a couple of minutes and you are done .

 

[oger]

It may be my poor laptop but that sure looks like a real good case of leading. Try cleaning it real well you can't hurt anything.

 

[torizus]

that is indeed what I think also, got the gun cheap 100 euro about 110 dollar so that it is not a big los. But I was wondering what to do, and does it effect the accuracy of the revolver.

Wow, $110 for a Model 27, what do they generally sell for ? I lean towards the advice above regarding copper fouling if you were using jacketed ammo. What those guys advised should clean it up, I definitely wouldn't cut the barrel,at least not yet.

 

[BruceM]

but looks like lead.

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Time for a Lewis Lead Remover. You can also try soaking the bore with a high quality penetrating oil similar to Kroil and then scrubbing with a bronze brush. I know that Kroil will creep under the fouling and make it easier to remove. Regardless, removing even severe lead fouling is not an impossible task but it can be very labor intensive.

Bruce

 

[Big Cholla]

IMHO, from a poor picture,......that is just fouling. You need to learn how to clean that barrel properly. Don't let anybody modify that barrel. ....